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Visitors (2013)
Reggio in typical form
I was fortunate enough to come out of a European premiere with Glass and Reggio doing a small Q&A after the screening, providing some insight in their scoring/filmmaking process.
Should you already be familiar with other Reggio/Glass collaborations, expect no surprises; the film takes gracefully advantage of modern cinematic techniques and some CGI, but in its core is using the same visual narrative introduced in Koyaanisqatsi, albeit using humans primarily as a focus.
Reggio does have an overarching vision and communicates it with deliberation, but that vision tries to capture expression and reaction predominantly around technology, in its spontaneity. Although most of the people depicted are indeed actors, they were given no script or instructions, merely captured after given certain stimuli. The nature/human relationship is once again explored, I feel however, to a lesser degree compared to his older material.
A lot of viewers would not find logical or coherent structure in it, but as Reggio pointed out, that was not the movie's goal. Rather, it is more of a collage of visual elements as for the viewer to experience, absorb and process as they will.
Ngo si seoi (1998)
A movie of pure entertainment
Jackie Chan always gives 110% of his ability to entertain the audience in the best possible way.His zeal to make a movie a truly fun experience is reflected brilliantly with Ngo Hai Sui (english: Who Am I?).The plot is solid and original for this kind of movie, there is a wonderful discrete sense of humor throughout the film, and its fight scenes are one of the best I have witnessed in quite a long time.Even the car-chase scenes are something out of the more or less ordinary Hollywood style thing.Jet Lee may be more talented in being a martial artist, but Jackie Chan is a true performer, and this is eventually the ingredient that is probably missing in movies such as Romeo Must Die. It's truly a shame that this movie was intended only for cable, whereas Shanghai Noon was released in the cinemas.If you're a Jackie Chan fan, then this is a film you shouldn't miss for the world, if you're not, you might as well try seeing it to catch Chan at is best. 9/10
Dragonheart: A New Beginning (1999)
A worthy successor to the original film..
Unlike most sequels, Dragonheart II actually stands up to its name.If you're set to see the film because of the all-star cast, or a unique special effects experience, you'll be probably disappointed, as the original Dragonheart was unquestionably better at that.However, the intriguing plot, enjoyable characters, and relative originality the movie has, can make it up for an entertaining evening, especially if you were a fan of the first movie.